Would have been better with a THIS IS SPARTA gif..... suck it up sparty boy, congrats on the first Rose bowl since I was in elementary. ....
How to survive the college football offseason, in one handy chart http://footballscoop.com/news/13530-how-to-survive-the-college-football-offseason-in-one-handy-chart College football has the longest offseason of many major American sport. It ends in mid-January and doesn't begin again until Labor Day weekend, although the time in between often feels like a full calendar year. The offseason actually has three mini-seasons unto itself. There's recruiting season, in between the national championship and National Signing Day. There's spring football, from National Signing Day to the last Saturday in April (or thereabouts). And then there's the time we're in now, the deadest of the dead portion of the college football news cycle. Thankfully, Roanoke (Va.) Times Virginia Tech beat writer Andy Bitter has created a handy flow chart to help navigate this most difficult portion of the calendar. The chart was intended for fans and fellow media, but it'll help coaches understand how those around your program handles these long, long summer months. Well done, Mr. Bitter.
http://footballscoop.com/news/13646-september-kickoff-times All times Eastern. Thursday, Aug. 28 Texas A&M at South Carolina - 6 p.m., SEC Network Boise State vs. Ole Miss (at Atlanta) - 8 p.m., ESPN Temple at Vanderbilt - 9:15 p.m., SEC Network Rutgers at Washington State - 10 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Friday, Aug. 29 Colorado State vs. Colorado (at Denver) - 9 p.m., Fox Sports 1 BYU at Connecticut - 7 p.m., ESPN UNLV at Arizona - 10 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Aug. 30 Penn State vs. Central Florida (at Dublin, Ireland) - 8:30 a.m., ESPN2 North Dakota State at Iowa State - 12 p.m., Fox Sports 1 UCLA at Virginia - 12 p.m., ESPN Rice at Notre Dame - 3:30 p.m., NBC West Virginia vs. Alabama (at Atlanta) - 3:30 p.m., ABC Arkansas at Auburn - 4 p.m., SEC Network Fresno State at USC - 7:30 p.m., FOX Washington at Hawaii - 8 p.m., CBS Sports Network Florida State vs. Oklahoma State (at Arlington, Texas) - 8 p.m., ABC North Texas at Texas - 8 p.m., Longhorn Network LSU vs. Wisconsin (at Houston) - 9 p.m., ESPN Sunday, Aug. 31 Utah State at Tennessee - 7 p.m., SEC Network SMU at Baylor - 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Monday, Sept. 1 Miami at Louisville - 8 p.m., ESPN Thursday, Sept. 4 Arizona at UTSA - 8 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Friday, Sept. 5 Pittsburgh at Boston College - 7 p.m., ESPN Washington State at Nevada - 10:30 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Sept. 6 Kansas State at Iowa State - 12 p.m., Fox Sports 1 USC at Stanford - 3:30 p.m., ABC Michigan State at Oregon - 6:30 p.m., FOX BYU at Texas - 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Michigan at Notre Dame - 7:30 p.m., NBC Virginia Tech at Ohio State - 8 p.m., ESPN Colorado State at Boise State - 10:15 p.m., ESPN2 Oregon State at Hawaii - 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network Texas Tech at UTEP - 11 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Saturday, Sept. 13 East Carolina at Virginia Tech - 12 p.m., ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Wyoming at Oregon - 2 p.m., Pac-12 Networks Georgia at South Carolina - 3:30 p.m., CBS Arkansas at Texas Tech - 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Minnesota at TCU - 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Illinois at Washington - 4 p.m., FOX Kentucky at Florida - 7 p.m., SEC Network Purdue at Notre Dame - 7:30 p.m., NBC USC at Boston College - 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Tennessee at Oklahoma - 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 UCLA vs. Texas (at Arlington, Texas) - 8 p.m., FOX Penn State at Rutgers - 8 p.m., BTN Arizona State at Colorado - 10 p.m., ESPNU Nebraska at Fresno State - 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network Nevada at Arizona - 11 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
KnightNoles http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2014/06/michigan_state_incoming_de_mon.html Sweat said the Spartans' family atmosphere and the campus atmosphere was what ultimately led him to pick Michigan State over other schools that offered him a scholarship -- a list that included Florida State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech and Florida. "I liked Florida State's campus, but it's out in the middle of nowhere,'' Sweat said. "You don't see anything until you get there. "I went up to Michigan State, and it felt like home. It just feels like family.'' Sweat said Coach Mark Dantonio shot straight with him from the time he made his first in-home visit. "He said, 'You know when you come up there's going to be hard work,' '' Sweat said. "He didn't sugarcoat anything; he keeps it real.''
